Abstract: The valve assembly for non-returnable packing comprises a valve housing including a main valve and an auxiliary valve the latter being initially kept in opened position through a resilient locking device which is unlocked, at the end of a first filling through a displacement of the main valve beyond its position of normal opening under the action of a long travel filling tap. The auxiliary valve is then forced to rest on its seat by means of a spring with low calibration. Any depression caused by tapping would provoke the opening of the auxiliary valve, while any overpressure resulting from filling would hit the auxiliary valve in a closed position.

Abstract: A tap for a bottle of compressed or liquified gas has fitted therein a flow limiter in the form of a cartridge internally comprising a first, upstream chamber receiving the gas coming from the bottle, a second, downstream chamber opening into a supply line and a calibrated passage connecting the first and second chambers. A flow control assembly comprising a valve associated with a calibrated control element and an expansion chamber is preferably arranged to control the flow between the first and second chambers. The tap has particular utility in bottles for transfer of toxic and/or spontaneously inflammable gases, since it prevents major leaks from such bottles or from supply lines fed therefrom.